Today
- Driving With Tony Davis
- Life & Leisure
This tiny EV is cute and cool – but is it worth $59k?
The battery-powered Fiat Abarth 500e is a fun way to zip around town. And you can park it pretty much anywhere.
- Tony Davis
This Month
How your electric car is watching your every move
Electric vehicle makers are among the worst offenders when it comes to protecting the personal data of their customers, and Privacy Commissioner Carly Kind is worried about it.
- Tom Burton
What Charles Dickens can teach you about utes
The English author mapped out the lobbying tactics of the legacy car makers against vehicle emissions standards 170 years ago.
- Tristan Edis
Tesla fires Supercharger team, raising doubts about expansion
The abrupt dismissal of the Supercharger team caught many people off-guard, and suggested that Elon Musk had changed his mind about the company’s strategy.
- Updated
- Jack Ewing
April
EU would need 50pc tariffs to curb imports of Chinese EV
Researchers at the Rhodium Group say any punitive action arising from a blockbuster anti-subsidy investigation is likely to be too timid to deter Chinese car makers.
- Updated
- Andy Bounds
- Exclusive
- Manufacturing
Controversial SPAC listing hobbled Tritium
The charging company’s leaders were preparing for a potential collapse before Christmas as it failed to get state government cash.
- Tess Bennett
Tesla clears key regulatory hurdles for self-driving in China
CEO Elon Musk’s surprise visit to the US vehicle maker’s second-largest market appears to have paid off.
- Daniel Leussink and Liam Mo
- Driving With Tony Davis
- Life & Leisure
The new Porsche Macan 4 EV is coming to Australia this year
Priced from $133,700-plus for the entry-level model, this highly popular SUV has been upgraded – and performs brilliantly in every respect.
- Tony Davis
- Driving With Tony Davis
- Life & Leisure
The man behind the new Porsche Macan 4 EV
It’s the most capable model yet, reckons Jörg Kerner. “My mission was to bring the best car you can develop with this new technology to market.”
- Tony Davis
Tesla Cybertruck spotted in Sydney
The electric ute has been cruising tourist sites before going on display amid Elon Musk’s ‘censorship’ battle with Australia.
- Negar Salek
- Opinion
- Review
Musk sells the Tesla dream, skips the details
On the car maker’s results call this week, the numbers were bad but the words were dreamy. Perhaps too dreamy.
- Liam Denning
- Opinion
- Opinion
How China plans to win the global EV war
The US and European governments are increasingly alarmed at the potential for China’s EV ambitions to put their own car manufacturers at risk.
- Updated
- Jennifer Hewett
Top silk approached to represent Musk in eSafety fight
Top Sydney silk Bret Walker SC will represent Elon Musk in his battle against Australia’s eSafety Commission; seven arrested in counter-terror raids after church attack. How the day unfolded.
- Updated
- Gus McCubbing
Tesla buyers storm back, but not everyone is convinced
One early backer of Elon Musk’s electric vehicle manufacturer said it was hard to see it as a growth stock “when the world’s car industry is coming at you”.
- Joshua Peach
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
Will Musk now deliver the ‘biggest value appreciation in history’?
Elon Musk has a new vision: AI-fuelled autonomy allows Tesla to move beyond its past as a car maker or energy company to become a new style of tech giant.
- James Thomson
- Opinion
- Elon Musk
Elon Musk’s three key battles
The billionaire is dealing with falling earnings at Tesla, a fight over his multi-billion pay packet and a stoush with the Australian government.
- Karen Maley
Tesla jumps on pivot to cheaper cars after earnings flop
Shares in the struggling automaker are climbing in after hours trading after Elon Musk unveiled plans to bring forward the launch of more affordable models.
- Updated
- Joshua Peach
- Updated
- Tesla
Tesla to accelerate cheaper EV rollout, revenue falls 9pc
Tesla’s shares rose 7 per cent after the announcement despite a reported fall in profit margins and sales.
- Updated
- Dana Hull and Ed Ludlow
Electric vehicle sales set to surge, IEA predicts
EV numbers will be strong this year and Chinese carmakers will increase their dominance, the International Energy Agency predicts.
- Hans van Leeuwen
EV charging play ChargeNet hits the road for equity injection
The company, which bills itself as NZ’s largest EV charging network, is chasing $27.5 million in equity capital to supercharge its growth.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport